Learning to fly the Harvard

I noticed the Harvard has been chosen elsewhere as this years feature, great choice to my mind.

Whenever I think of the Harvard, I think of this



It's not in English, I think most people would get the idea though.


(Hope this works, not sure how to do it)

Worked for me Sangoma. Thanks, as i will be maidening one tomorrow.

Garry

I see that TN is doing one for the summer special, on the other place. That's another mag I won't be buying, because I always thought that the half hard looked like a brick outhouse!
(Sorry Garry!)

The SAAF had a fleet of them for years at a place called Dunnottar, to the east of Johannesburg. Apparently the undercarriage doors tended to come loose on the struts (usually only one). When looping it would cause the plane to screw out at full inverted!
When I worked in Springs, the Squadron would often fly over at about 1,000' All those Pratt & Whitneys! What a beautiful noise!

Klipkopwildlife wrote: The SAAF had a fleet of them for years at a place called Dunnottar, to the east of Johannesburg. Apparently the undercarriage doors tended to come loose on the struts (usually only one). When looping it would cause the plane to screw out at full inverted!
When I worked in Springs, the Squadron would often fly over at about 1,000' All those Pratt & Whitneys! What a beautiful noise!

Yes, there used to be one mounted outside.

I used to visit Wit Nigel mine, and Springs quite often, and have some pictures of the old hotel (under water usually now) where the flying boats from the UK used to land.

I have a video of 3 of them at our club summer fair at Howick airfield, the sound of just the three is fantastic. I'll find it (can't remember which username on you tube I posted it as) it isn't very good, taken on an 8mm video camera.

Here it is, notice all the concrete walls separating the planes from the spectators







When the time on the video was about 12:01 they did two consecutive loops, and flying close together.

Or was it an Impala mounted outside the base at Dunnottar? Getting old, can't remember exactly!

More Harvards! Mine is 104" wingspan - currently being rebuilt with my OS Sirius7 radial up front. Yep - I will post some photos when I get a round tuit. Hmmm - damn, now didn't some one provide one of those recently?? :lol: :lol: :lol: Just as a matter of interest there are several Harvards flying as Warbirds down here and in NZ. Mine is being refinished as NZ Harvard NZ1052.

As you can see, they still fly in SA as well.

I seem to remember there is/was a company in the Philippines that completely rebuilt some of the Rhodesian ones to new condition, and fitted glass cockpits.